# 119-hr-2170: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Toms River, New Jersey, the Leonard G. 'Bud' Lomell, VA Clinic, and for other purposes.

119-hr-2170, To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Toms River, New Jersey, the Leonard G. 'Bud' Lomell, VA Clinic, and for other purposes., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ); status became_law (as of 2026-07-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2170
- Congress: 119
- Title: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Toms River, New Jersey, the Leonard G. 'Bud' Lomell, VA Clinic, and for other purposes.
- Status: became_law
- Introduced: 2025-03-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-19

## Summary

**Names the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic at 1055 Hooper Avenue in Toms River, New Jersey, the Leonard G. 'Bud' Lomell VA Clinic.** It records Lomell's World War II leadership with the 2nd Ranger Battalion at Pointe du Hoc where he and a fellow Ranger disabled five German 155-millimeter guns, cites his awards including the Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart, and Silver Star, and highlights his postwar roles as the first director of the Ocean County Veterans Service Bureau and as a Toms River attorney and civic leader, and it requires that federal references use the clinic's new official name.

## Cosponsors (11)

- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Conaway, Herbert C. [D-NJ-3] (D-NJ), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [119-hr-2170 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2170)

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- [119-hr-3112: Better CARE for Animals Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3112)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2170 (as of 2026-07-19).